Author: Joe Soriano

Aston Villa forward set to join Champions League club for more minutes
25Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Aston Villa forward set to join Champions League club for more minutes

Aston Villa have made a few major moves in the summer transfer window, with the most notable being the signing of former Everton center midfielder Amadou Onana. The 22-year-old Belgian international replaces Douglas Luiz as the team's best midfielder, as Luiz wanted a transfer away from Villa Park and joined Serie A heavyweights Juventus instead. In exchange, Aston Villa acquired center midfielder Enzo Barrenechea, who was on loan at Frosinone last season, as well as young Juve first-team left winger Samuel Iling-Junior. However, Iling-Junior and Barrenechea were not deemed ready by manager Unai Emery to be regulars for Aston Villa in the 2024/25 season, so the Lions have been looking for loan destinations for both raw players. According to a report from Gianluca Di Marzio, Ast...
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Southampton sign player for 40 percent less than market value
25Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Southampton sign player for 40 percent less than market value

Southampton have been looking for a new goalkeeper in order to help the Saints stay above the drop zone this time around in the Premier League, and they had a few candidates to choose from. Many rumors linked Southampton to Arsenal backup goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, who is, at worst, a league average starting goalkeeper and would have been a decent option for the returning Premier League side. However, Southampton decided to balk on Ramsdale as an option because of his bloated wages and because of the fact that he would have been acquired on an initial loan deal. Instead, Dutch outlet Telegraaf's Marcel van der Kraan reports that Southampton will pay just eight million euros for their next goalkeeper, Feyenoord starter Justin Bijlow. Although Bijlow only saved 65.9 percent of th...
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Brighton Women acquire Barcelona attacking phenom
25Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, LaLiga, Premier League

Brighton Women acquire Barcelona attacking phenom

Brighton Women finished ninth in the FA WSL table last season, so the Seagulls are intent on climbing higher up the table and forming a project capable of finishing in the top half of the league. They are off to a strong start this summer, as they have signed two big names from Chelsea in England legend Fran Kirby and experienced midfielder Jelena Cankovic. Both Cankovic and Kirby should bring plenty of technical quality, star power, experience, and attacking flair to a Brighton side that could use a few more difference-makers in a playmaking capacity. And now, Brighton have adde a younger, less established player with plenty of upside to boost the Seagulls' attack for the 2024/25 FA WSL season in the form of a winger capable of starting on the left or the right. Per Soccerdonn...
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Chelsea phenom scores Kylian Mbappe-esque goal
24Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Chelsea phenom scores Kylian Mbappe-esque goal

Chelsea have created a club philosophy under new owner Todd Boehly, and that is to focus on young talents who have the potential to be special and will be secured by the club for at least five years. This summer, Chelsea have added a mix of those kinds of players, such as goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen, along with some more established attacking players like Pedro Neto and Joao Felix. But their biggest gem of the summer window is actually a young prospect who will be joining the main Chelsea squad for the 2024/25 season, as he has the ability to become the club's biggest star - or, at the very least, at the level of Cole Palmer and Christopher Nkunku. Estevao Willian has yet to play a minute in a top European league, but the 17-year-old from Palmeiras is doing so well that Chelsea fan...
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Mikel Arteta admits he already has regrets about one of Arsenal’s sales
24Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Mikel Arteta admits he already has regrets about one of Arsenal’s sales

Arsenal have signed two of the best players on the summer 2024 transfer market in center/left back Riccardo Calafiori from Bologna and Real Sociedad's center midfielder Mikel Merino. Both Calafiori and Merino were among the best in their respective leagues and will be counted on as immediate starters for an Arsenal side looking to finally win the Premier League over manager Mikel Arteta's previous employers, Manchester City. The summer 2024 transfer window hasn't just been about blockbuster arrivals, however, as Arsenal have also made - or been in the process of making - a couple of significant sales. As Eddie Nketiah prepares for a big-money move within the Premier League, the Gunners already sold another talented attacking academy product in Emile Smith-Rowe. "ESR" joined Ful...
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Chelsea striker transfer to Ipswich Town on the verge of collapse
24Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Chelsea striker transfer to Ipswich Town on the verge of collapse

Chelsea are in the phase of the transfer window where they are focusing at least as much on outgoing as they are on incoming players, though the Blues remain linked to a few high-profile targets like Napoli star striker Victor Osimhen. Meanwhile, Chelsea have already sent one star striker to Napoli in Romelu Lukaku, who will be moving to Serie A permanently again for a fee exceeding 30 million euros. While Chelsea could also send young attacking midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka to the 2022/23 Serie A champions, their more pressing concern is finding a landing spot for another striker with no future at the club, in addition to Lukaku. That player would be Armando Broja, who has already been on two unsuccessful loan spells within the Premier League to Southampton and Fulham. The loan t...
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A former manager wants to take three unwanted players off Chelsea’s hands
24Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, Premier League

A former manager wants to take three unwanted players off Chelsea’s hands

Chelsea have made most of their wheeling and dealing in the summer 2024 transfer window, spending over 110 million euros on Pedro Neto and Joao Felix, and now it is time for the Blues to sell off the players who have no place in the squad for the upcoming season. Already, Chelsea have secured an agreement with Napoli for the long-awaited Romelu Lukaku transfer, earning close to 50 million euros in total from the veteran Belgian striker. Next up on the list is 29-year-old winger Raheem Sterling, who has received rumored transfer interest from around the Premier League but nothing remotely concrete at this juncture. According to a report from Turkish outlet Fanatik, Fenerbahce and manager Jose Mourinho, who made a name for himself coaching Chelsea, are interested in taking three pla...
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Liverpool want to sign another world-class Bundesliga defender
24Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Liverpool want to sign another world-class Bundesliga defender

Liverpool have one of the best center back pairings in world football when both Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate are fully healthy and at their best. Over the years, they have had great success with making signings from the Bundesliga, with Konate, formerly of RB Leipzig, standing out among them. He wasn't the first Bundesliga center back to make it big at Liverpool either, as former Schalke free agent Joel Matip is one of the biggest examples of Klopp's brilliant scouting eye. Even last summer, Klopp found a couple of great deals from the Bundesliga, with midfielders Dominik Szoboszlai and Wataru Endo playing starring roles in Liverpool returning to the fore as Premier League title contenders. Now, according to a report from Sky Sports Germany's Philipp Hinze and Florian Plett...
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Arsenal interested in signing striker valued at £75 million
24Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Arsenal interested in signing striker valued at £75 million

Throughout the summer 2024 transfer window, Arsenal have been linked with big name strikers in their pursuit of a true No. 9 to replace the well-rounded Gabriel Jesus as the regular starting striker in pursuit of more goals - and the Premier League title over Manchester City. Arsenal pushed hard for Benjamin Sesko, but he decided to stay with RB Leipzig. An even bigger star, Napoli's Victor Osimhen, remains on the Gunners' radar, but his price has been set onerously high by the Partenopei. As an alternative, Arsenal could go with someone younger, slightly less expensive, and with a less extensive injury history. That player is actually a man who started over Sesko for Leipzig last season, Lois Openda. According to a report from Kicker, Arsenal are now interested in signing Openda,...
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Mikel Arteta addresses Raheem Sterling transfer rumors
23Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Mikel Arteta addresses Raheem Sterling transfer rumors

Chelsea winger Raheem Sterling is the odd man out in Enzo Maresca's squad, completely discarded by the manager on Matchday 1 of the new Premier League season with Maresca making it publicly clear that the Premier League icon is no longer wanted. A former 20-goal scorer from the wing at Manchester City and a 16-year-old phenom at Liverpool before that, Sterling came to Chelsea with the expectation that he would be a consistent source of goals and a steadying veteran presence in the attack. Although Sterling exceeded 10 goal contributions for the 9th time in his career last season, Chelsea are going younger in the attack, and Sterling didn't exactly shine with his all-around play either. Chelsea have brought in Estevao Willian, Pedro Neto, and Joao Felix this summer, leaving even fe...
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